Ryan Vooris and Susan Barnett
Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, and Susan Barnett, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, co-authored an article recently published in the International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure called “Understanding the Wearable Fitness Tracker Revolution.”
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, had an article published in the Summer 2020 issue of Perspectives on Language and Literacy, a publication of the International Dyslexia Association. The article is titled “How the Phonology of Speech Is Foundational for Instant Word Recognition.” Also, he was asked by Pearson, Inc. to help revise the reading-related subtests from the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – 4th Edition (WIAT-4). He declined the offered remuneration for his work in order to be able to recommend the revised test battery without any financial conflict of interest. It is currently the only K-12 individualized academic achievement battery with reading-related subtests that incorporate recent advances in the scientific research on reading acquisition and reading difficulties/disabilities. The WIAT-4 released in September.
Tracy Hudson
Tracy Hudson, Physical Education Department, received a New York State Senate Commendation Award from 52nd District Sen. Lea Webb on Feb. 20. Hudson was honored for having made a lasting impact on the growth and prosperity of the Southern Tier and its residents.
Erin Morris
Erin Morris, Sport Management Department, participated on a panel on “Striving for Equality: The LGBTQ experience in Sport” at A Catalyst for the Cause: Fostering Greater Equity in Sport, a conference hosted by Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.
Charles Yaple
Charles Yaple, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, has learned that his book, Foxey Brown: A Story Of An Adirondack Outlaw, Hermit And Guide As He Might Have Told It, has generated five-star reviews on Amazon.com and is an Adirondack bookstore best seller. It was published in August 2011.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, organized and chaired a panel on “New Approaches to Catholic Reform” at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Toronto. The panel highlighted the work of scholars working in history and art history who are bringing innovative methods and exploring new sources to provide new interpretations of 16th-17th century Catholicism.
Wylie Schwartz
Wylie Schwartz, Art and Art History Department, presented a paper titled “Experimental Pedagogies: The Art and Politics of the Danish Ex-School (1961-1972),” at the 18th International Conference on the Arts in Society held July 5 to 7 at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
Also, Schwartz gave a museum talk titled “Between Laboratory and Mythology: Asger Jorn, Wifredo Lam and the New Primitivism” on July 11 at the Casa Jorn Museum in Albissola, Italy. Her talk is in conjunction with the exhibition LAM et Les Magiciens de la Mer at the Savona Museum of Ceramics and at the Exhibition Center of MuDA, Albissola Marina.
Melissa Morris and student Matthew Metcalf
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, and coauthors, including SUNY Cortland undergraduate Matthew Metcalf, had their paper, “Thermal History of CBb Chondrules and Cooling Rate Distributions of Ejecta Plumes,” accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been informed that his new book, Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights, has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press. The book argues that the contemporary debate pitting gun rights against gun regulations is based on a misunderstanding of America’s gun past. While gun possession is as old as the country, so are gun laws, and throughout most of our history, the two have gone hand in hand. Drawing on a vast new dataset of early gun laws, the book shows that gun regulations in America’s early history were, if anything, more strict than they are now. In addition, the book examines the Second Amendment and the assault weapons controversy, “stand-your-ground” laws, and New York state’s recent strict new laws. The narrative also includes the author’s effort to obtain a pistol permit. The book is scheduled for publication by Oxford in March 2015. Spitzer is the author of four other books on gun policy.
Kate McCormick and John Suarez
Kate McCormick, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, and John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, described a three-year applied learning participatory research project that explores an approach to extended public deliberation. The approach fosters civil civic decision-making skills among college students and long-term residents of Cortland, N.Y., by building mutual trust and respect as first steps in developing solutions to anti-racism issues. The link to the recording is https://youtu.be/GPdqBQ2z5AM